Cooking utensil.



' mei-als are used to designate like parts UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ELMER C.

ROSE, OF

DEFIANOE, OHio.

COOKING UTENSIL.

' Application :filed July 2o, 1

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, 'ELMER C. Rosin, citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of hio, have 'invented certain new and useful Im proveinents in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a s ecification. i

My invention re ates to cooking utensils of that character embodying a series of independent cooking vessels or receptacles, and the object thereof is to provide a cheap and i simplified structure, and one which will enable the utensil and the independent vessels thereof, to be more quickly and conveniently handled.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which like nuthroughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cooking utensil in the assembled position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the quarter circular l vessels or receptacles, removed, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the removable handle i for engagement with, and handling, either of the sectional vessels or receptacles.

In the practical embodiment of my -invenj tion, I provide a supporting frame coniprisscribed.

ing upper and lower circular metallic strips 1 and 2, spaced apart by transverse metallic strips 3 extending between and connected g at their ends to said strips 1 and 2. The upper circular strip 1 is further provided with t upstanding apertured brackets 4, secured thereto at diametrically opposite points and adapted for the reception of the hooked end of a bail 5, for handling said supporting frame. Mounted within the supporting frame l, are a pluralityT of sectional vessels or receptacles which for convenience of handling and usage, I preferably give the shapes shown in the accompanying drawing, the vessel or receptacle 6 being semi-circular in shape and l the vessels 7 and 8 being quarter-circular in shape to make up a completev circle for maintenance within the supporting frame 1, delEach of the vessels or receptacles 6, 7 and 8 is rovided upon its upper curved edge, with c ips 9, curved downwardly and outwardly therefrom to extend over the upper circula frame strip, and provided with angular extension pieces 10, uponany one of which may be inserted the socket end Specification of Letters Patent.

. said receptacles having) Patented June 1, 1909. eos. seriai No. 444,390.

' 11 of removable handle 12 shown particuf larly in Fig. 3.v Thus, the independent vesstrips connected to said circular strips, of a' lurality of receptacles, mounted within said rame, each of said receptacles having an outwardly fianged upper edge and a clip bent downwardly over said vflanged edge and forwardly therefrom at substantially right' angles, the apex of said clip being adapted to engage the eriphery of the upper c1rcular strip of said skeleton frame, whereby the flanged edge of each of said utensils is retained upon said upper c1rcular strip and each of said utensils prevented from sagging, substantially as described.

2. In a cooking utensil, the combination with a skeleton supporting frame comprising circular strips spaced apart by transverse stri s connected to said c1rcular strips, and a bai secured to one of said circular strips for handling said frame, of a plurality of receptacles mounted within sald frame, each of an outwardly flanged upper edge and a clip ent downwardly over said flanged edge and forwardly therefrom at substantially right angles, a removable handle provided with a socket at one extremityand a gripping portion adjacent the other extremity, said socket being adapted to contain the forward portion of said cli whereby each of said utensils may be readi y removed from saidframe. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

`ELMER o. Rosie.

Witnesses:

AARON BERRENGER, HENRY C. Itosn. 

